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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTD.2012.19D.1.029

Design and Implementation of Software Globalization Quality Management Framework  

Lee, Sei-Young (정보통신산업진흥원 부설 SW공학센터)
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The KIPS Transactions:PartD / v.19D, no.1, 2012 , pp. 29-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
Software globalization is becoming more important worldwide but little is known about how globalization technologies are actually carried out in the Korean software industry. In this paper, we have designed Globalization Quality Management (GQM) framework and applied the framework to the industry domestically for the first time. GQM provides a structured and effective way for software organizations to adopt globalization practices and evaluate the results. GQM consists of three main components: 1) software quality management process, 2) globalization support model and 3) globalization assessment model. This framework also supports both plan-driven and iterative/incremental development methods. On the basis of the GQM, a survey study was conducted among software engineering professionals, gathering the data from 31 IT companies across 7 large-scale projects in Korea. The result indicate that the evaluation score for globalization capability is 2.47 and global readiness is 2.55 out of 5 points. Also It said that internationalized product design (32.9%) and global/local product requirements analysis (28%) are needed to be taken care of first.
Keywords
Software Globalization; Globalization Support; Globalization Estimation; Globalization Survey;
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